Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 290
LAUNDRY MACHINERY 277 The rubber is also rapidly softened and destroyed. To obviate this difficulty, the shaft is first var-nished, then wound with linen thread, after which several more coats of varnish are applied, and Mm** m\ 2740. 2741.
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